briansfly wrote:

3 brands come to mind, as quality boats. Outcast, Dave Scadden, and
Buck's Bag. I'm sure there are others, but these are the ones I looked
at when I was planning a purchase. I went with a Scadden, Skykomish
Sunrise, because of some features it had over the other models.

http://www.northforkoutdoors.com/homepagedirectory.html

I've been pretty happy with it, and it's been getting quite a bit of
use(stillwater)lately. My boat would be "safe" in rivers(class IV-V),
with somebody qualified at the oars. I'm not, and struggle in tricky
situations. Mine is a big boat, and it would have to be taken apart, to
fit IN an SUV. Complete setup time...including time to pump up 2 boats(4
pontoons), would be close to an hour. Less if you had the frames
assembled, and toons partially inflated. By the way, it's sportsman show
season. You might finds some good deals now.

brians


I have an outcast. I Like it. I carry it in the back of a smallish SUV,
unassembled. I inflate the pontoons when I get to the water, and
assemble the boat there. It takes 6 cotter pins to hold it together.
All-in-all, assembly takes about 10 - 15 minutes.

They are safe on moving water, but you wouldn't fish from one unless you
were in still water. I use it for access on rivers. They are great in lakes.

Tim Lysyk